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The Battalion Sports Editor Nadja Sabawala 845-2688 Ags out to clip sky-high Owls i By DOUGLAS PILS Of The Battalion Staff The Rice Owls fly into Kyle Field Sat urday emblazoned with a new set of wings to face a slumping and stumbling Texas A&M team Saturday at 2 p.m. As a result of the 20-20 tie last week with Baylor, the Aggies are now put in a must-win situation every week. For A&M to return to the Cotton Bowl for the First time since 1988, it must win the rest of its games and rely on the help of others. The race is down to four teams, Texas Christian (3-0), Texas (2-0), Baylor (2-1- 1) and A&M (1-1-1). The Aggies must face the Horned Frogs and the Long horns. TCU, UT and BU must all play each other. An added benefit for A&M is that nei ther the Frogs or the Horns have played the high powered Houston Cougars. Houston, which is 5-0 in the conference, is ineligible for the Southwest Confer ence title, but they will play a pivotal role in deciding who is the eventual charn- “You reach a point where you say nuts to the writers, nuts to everybody. It’s the players and coaches that make the difference.” — R.C. Slocum, A&M football coach pion. Second-year head coach Fred Golds mith and his new breed of Owls are 3-4 and coming off a big 42-21 victory over Texas Tech. The same Red Raider team that gave the Aggies (4-2-1) Fits in a 28- 24 thriller three weeks ago at Kyle Field. Rice, led by quarterback Donald Hol las and tailback Trevor Cobb, actually came closer to beating the Houston Cou gars than A&M did — exactly eight sec onds closer. Houston’s Roman Anderson booted a 32-yard Field with 12 seconds remaining to beat the Owls 24-22. Rice led the en tire game until that point. Hollas, considered one of the nation’s top prospects by many pro scouts, scored four touchdowns and threw for another in last week’s victory and is averaging 213 yards of total offense a game. The senior from Rosenberg (Lamar Consolidated) hasn’t always been a suc cessful quarterback — he’s also been a successful defensive back. As a freshman in 1987, he earned the SWC Defensive Newcomer of the Year award and in 1988 was named to the All- SWC second-team as a free safety. The Owls also boast a top-notch tail back in Cobb, a sophomore from Pasa dena (Dobie). Against Tech, Cobb rushed for 203 yards on 38 carries to bring his season total to 838 yards on 170 carries, second only to A&M’s Dar ren Lewis. Cobb is also tops in tandem offense with 155 yards a game. Such performances from the Owls have A&M head coach R.C. Slocum wor- See Aggies/Page 12 ... but coaches say senior Lance Pav las, who hasn’t played in 11 quarters, definitely will see playing time. 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Even those 1 ightly above the Id lose a pordon deductions and t ng arising ptions. raise taxes by 'ver the next five st people belovi i he only increase sr taxes, icomes under 'verage, get a tax uglier earned aelps poor work- <iren. omes between D00 would fact aeighborhoodol : he bite on d $75,' percent. » difference be- hose of the Iasi proportionated *ew plan we with higher Committee o» Hie share of fed- people with in- ■OO would nsc 16.1 percent, _se the 9-cent-a- ■nd the 15-cen 1 ach ixettes, now ! ( rise to 20 cent- 1 Catching his DREAM lllillt:; Lewis closes in on SWC career rushing mark By NADJA SABAWALA Of The Battalion Staff” s a boy, little Darren Lewis would watch Eric Dickerson and Earl Campbell on television and dream. On Saturday, the Texas A&M tailback has the chance to make that dream reality. "When I was young, I watched them all play football," Lewis said. "Just to be up there, above them, will be a big accomplishment for me. I haven't really given it any thought, but it feels good to be up there with a guy like Dickerson. He's doing a lot of wonderful things in the NFL." Lewis has 4,277 yards and is 174 away from See Lewis/Page 11 H. NGUYEN/Battalion File Photo Chasing Eric Dickerson’s mark on the SWC all-time rushing charts has been a long road for Texas A&M senior tailback Dar- JAY JANNERThe Battalion ren Lewis (above, left). But Lewis has waited patiently (above, right), and needs 174 yards against Rice to break the record. Holyfield knocks out Douglas in round 3, looks on to Foreman LAS VEGAS (AP) — Evander Ho- lyField knocked Buster Douglas unconscious with a single right hand to the jaw in the third round and be came the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world Thursday night. The stunning ending also ended the reign of Douglas, which began when he shocked the sports world with a l()th-round knockout of Mike Tyson last Feb. 1 1. Douglas had just thrown a right uppercut that missed when Holy- Field crashed home a right that dropped the 246-pound champion flat on his back, where he was counted out by referee Mills Lane. Douglas remained on the canvas for several seconds before being helped to a stool where he was examined by a ringside physician. The Fight was devoid of any real action for the first two rounds, and the third round was following the same pattern. Suddenly, it ended as a crowd of 16,000 outdoors roared to its feet, as though sensing Douglas wouldn’t get up. The end came at 1:10 of the third round. Douglas went into the ring a 7-5 underdog, making him the 11th heavyweight champion to be an un derdog in a defense. He also became the 17th heavyweight champion to lose the title in his first defense. Much had been made of Douglas’ weight, 14V2 pounds more than when he took tne title from Tyson, with many observers wondering if he would have the stamina for 12 tough rounds. The question was never answered. Holyfield, who weighed 208, had clear edges in the first two rounds, although he wasn’t the attacker he had been in earlier fights. He chose to box with Douglas, who appeared to be looking to counterpunch. Holyfield now has a 25-0 record with 21 knockouts. Douglas is 30-5-1 with 20 knockouts. Holyfield landed several good left hooks in the first round and a good right-left, hook-right combination late in the round. Douglas was missing badly. In the second round, Holyfield was again busier, landing with left hooks and hard shots to the body. Douglas was warned twice by the ref eree for hitting and holding. Holyfield appears headed now for a big-money defense against 42- year-old George Foreman, who was Evander Holyfield: the new heavyweight champion after a knockout of Buster Douglas. heavyweight champion in 1974. Pro moter Don King says that the I BE, WBC and WBA have stated that the winner of this fight would have to defend against Tyson, but Dan Duva, Holyfield’s promoter, said his man had signed to fight Foreman win or lose. It had to be a crushing loss for Douglas, who was given no chance against Tyson in Tokyo but who dominated Iron Mike except for late in the eighth round, when he was knocked down. There was controversy whether Douglas benefited from a long count in Tokyo, but a long count wouldn’t have helped Thursday night. After he crashed down on his back, he barely moved a muscle. “It’s been an honor,” Douglas said of holding the title a few days before the fight. “It’s been a goal of mine for years.” Now the 30-year-old Douglas is clearly at a crossroads in a career marked by spotty performances. Holyfield, 28, of Atlanta, now is at the top of the boxing world, a posi tion reserved only for the undis puted heavyweight championship. Douglas earned $19.9 million, while Holyfield’s purse was $8.2 mil lion. Ags take on Rice in Houston tonight From Staff and Wire Reports The Texas A&M women’s volleyball team will make its bid to reach the .500 mark this weekend against Rice. The Lady Aggies take their 12-13 record Houston to face the Lady Owls, who have compiled an 8-14 season record. The match gins at 7 p.m. on the Rice campus. The Aggies are 2-3 in Southwest Confer ence play following their victory over Bay lor Monday night. Rice is 1-3 in the confer ence. A&M defeated the Owls earlier this sea son in College Station 15-5, 15-1, 7-15, 15- Rice’s 6-5 Tricia Bowen was named the SWC Player of the Week this week. The Aggies are 2-10 when playing away from G. Rollie White coliseum this season. Rice is 4-3 at home. A&M is fourth in this week’s SWC stand ings. ‘Clean’ play of Oilers impress Jets HOUST ON (AP) -- A year ago, as of fensive coordinator of the Cincinnati Bengals, Bruce Coslet called the Hous ton Oiler defense “a bunch of loud mouth jerks.” Now that he is head coach of the New York Jets and Jack Pardee has replaced Jerry Glanville as Oilers head coach, the Oiler defense has become a hard-hitting, aggressive bunch of professionals. What a difference a year and a coach ing change make. “I was not misquoted, but I was only partly quoted,” Coslet said. “I also said there are some great (Oilers) players like (Ray) Childress, A1 Smith and (John) Grimsley, the guys who are making the plays. “They don’t say anything. They just play good hard football. It was their fringe players that had a tendency to shoot off their mouths. That was the “Jack Pardee has come in there and got a solid program and that extracurricular stuff I don't see on film.” — Bruce Coslet, New York Jets head coach case back then.” Coslet left the Bengals in February to replace Joe Walton as Jets head coach and will bring a 2-5 record and three- game losing streak into the Astrodome tor Sunday’s noon CDT kickoff. And he likes the business-like attitude Pardee has installed along with the run- and-shoot offense and 4-3 defense. “Jack Pardee has come in there and got a solid program and that extracurri cular stuff I don’t see on film and I don’t hear it being complained about by other coaches and teams after they play the Oilers.” Coslet joined his former boss Sam Wyche at Cincinnati in blasting the Glan- ville-coached Oilers last season and par ticipated in a 61-7 victory over the Oilers Last December. That’s behind Coslet now. “We’re coming down there expecting to find a good, tough football team to play and we’ll have to play at the top of our game Just to have a cnance,” Coslet said. Pardee says part of the change in the Oilers’ temperament this year has been the realization of what the new regime expects. Pardee wouldn’t say they had bad habits, they were just different from what he demanded. A&M’s Staley wins in tourney From Staff and Wire Reports Texas A&M’s Lynn Staley defeated Michelle Duda of South Carolina 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the Riviera All-American Championships Thursday at the Riviera Tennis Club in Pacific Palisades, CA. Staley, who was ranked No. 48 in the IT- CA’s preseason poll, had to overcome a bout with the flu to notch the win over Duda. “Lynn played very well today despite be ing a little weak from the flu,” head coach Bobby Kleinecke said. “She lost her concen tration a little bit during te first set, but she still played well.” Staley, who hasn’t lost a singles match this fall, takes on ninth-ranked Eveline Hamers of Kansas in second round action Friday. Staley upset Hamers 0-6, 7-6, 6-2 in the second round of the Longhorn All- American Classic in September.